CIR

Current

Updated Guidance on Provision of Custodial Services for Digital Assets

Issue Date:

27 May 2026

20260527-6-EN.pdf (126.9 KB)

Topic:

Fintech - Virtual assets

Wealth Management & MPF - Securities/investment products

Group: All Authorized Institutions

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• Version History
• Superseded Document

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• Annex

  Current

  27 May 2026

  Annex - Updated Guidance on Expected Standards on Provision of Custodial Services for Digital Assets by Authorized Institutions

• CIR

  Current

  27 May 2026

  Virtual asset-related activities in relation to relevant stablecoins issued by licensed stablecoin issuers
• CIR

  Current

  30 Sep 2025

  Supplemental joint circular on intermediaries’ virtual asset-related activities
• CIR

  Current

  22 Dec 2023

  Joint circular on intermediaries’ virtual asset-related activities

• CIR

  Archive

  20 Feb 2024

  Provision of Custodial Services for Digital Assets

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• Annex

  Current

  27 May 2026

  Annex - Updated Guidance on Expected Standards on Provision of Custodial Services for Digital Assets by Authorized Institutions

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• CIR

  Current

  27 May 2026

  Virtual asset-related activities in relation to relevant stablecoins issued by licensed stablecoin issuers
• CIR

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  30 Sep 2025

  Supplemental joint circular on intermediaries’ virtual asset-related activities
• CIR

  Current

  22 Dec 2023

  Joint circular on intermediaries’ virtual asset-related activities

Version History

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• CIR

  Archive

  20 Feb 2024

  Provision of Custodial Services for Digital Assets

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